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Auction archive: Lot number 73

Four Rare Sixth Plate Shell and Floral Union Cases Containing Portraits of Women and Children, Including a Postmortem Daguerreotype [Berg 2-50, 2-52, 2-53, 2-67]

Estimate
US$250 - US$500
Price realised:
US$469
Auction archive: Lot number 73

Four Rare Sixth Plate Shell and Floral Union Cases Containing Portraits of Women and Children, Including a Postmortem Daguerreotype [Berg 2-50, 2-52, 2-53, 2-67]

Estimate
US$250 - US$500
Price realised:
US$469
Beschreibung:

Includes Rose in Bloom, Rose in Four Corners, Octagon with Flowers, and Scallop Shell, all classified as "Rare" in Berg. Cases contain four sixth plate portraits, including a postmortem daguerreotype of a girl with curled hair [2-53], a daguerreotype of two young women, presumably sisters, seated side by side [2-50], a tintype of a young girl seated delicately in a highchair [2-52], and an ambrotype of a woman credited on brass mat to Rehn [2-67]. Provenance:Paul K. Berg Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames Condition: Light wear overall. [2-67] with small crack to back cover at clasp, and front cover of [2-52] with chip to spine and interior losses at both hinges; clasp minimally functional.

Auction archive: Lot number 73
Auction:
Datum:
15 Aug 2019
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Includes Rose in Bloom, Rose in Four Corners, Octagon with Flowers, and Scallop Shell, all classified as "Rare" in Berg. Cases contain four sixth plate portraits, including a postmortem daguerreotype of a girl with curled hair [2-53], a daguerreotype of two young women, presumably sisters, seated side by side [2-50], a tintype of a young girl seated delicately in a highchair [2-52], and an ambrotype of a woman credited on brass mat to Rehn [2-67]. Provenance:Paul K. Berg Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames Condition: Light wear overall. [2-67] with small crack to back cover at clasp, and front cover of [2-52] with chip to spine and interior losses at both hinges; clasp minimally functional.

Auction archive: Lot number 73
Auction:
Datum:
15 Aug 2019
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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